Rev'd Up

We've occassionally posted on the obscene maniacal christain rogue group who has actively claimed that God is enacting violent retribution upon sections of America for acceptance of a liberal lifestyle. Although... we're not talking about Pat Robertson.

Rev. Phelps and his followers at Westboro Baptist have protested and picketed the, yes, funerals of soldiers fallen in Iraq and Afghanistan because America's culture allows gays. Phelps position is clearly beyond reason, and most on the right discount him in strange ways: notably, by pinning him to the left [as obscene as anything], apparently because he pickets and protests, and not because they read any of the signs his followers hold.

But some people have had enough of his bullshit.

Ladies and Gentlemen, the rowdy bikers of the American Legion Riders, revving out of relevance the asinine hatred of Rev. Phelps:

The church members, who have protested soldiers’ funerals in Oklahoma and elsewhere, say God is punishing U.S. soldiers for defending a country that harbors gays.

They stood on a street corner in sight of the church and waved signs with messages such as “God Hates the USA” and “Don’t Worship the Dead.”

But even as they unfolded their signs, their protest was met with a counter protest that erupted in a full-throttle roar.

About 70 members of the leather-clad American Legion Riders from Kansas and Oklahoma revved their motorcycles for about 30 minutes, drowning out anything the church members tried to say.

Cregg Hansen, a Vietnam-era veteran who helped lead the counter protest, said Doles’ family had wanted to hear the engines’ roar.

The riders said they plan to do the same if the group attempts to disrupt other soldiers’ funerals within riding distance.

“It ain’t right to protest a sacred thing like this,” said Ron Scrivner, a rider whose father is a veteran. “He (Doles) died for his country. They ought to show him the respect he deserves.”

This belief that America is suffering because of the shunning of God has to be dealt with- it's absolutely absurd, backwards, regressive thinking. It doesn't solve any problems; it doesn't engage with any sense of respect. Good work to Mr. Scrivner and his crew for- not silencing- overwhelming Phelps' messages of hatred.